The biggest news out of Yankees camp on Friday is the injury suffered by reliever Joba Chamberlain, who will be out indefinitely after suffering an open dislocation of his right ankle on Thursday.

However, the team did get some good news regarding some other players on the injury report over the last few days.

Freddy Garcia, who has been out since suffering a bruised right hand on March 14 against the Blue Jays, threw a bullpen session on Thursday and should be able to start against the Tigers in Lakeland, Fla., on Saturday afternoon.

Nick Swisher, who has sat out the last few days after feeling a tug in his groin on Tuesday against the Pirates, is improving, and manager Joe Girardi said Thursday that Swisher could also return to action this weekend against the Tigers.

"He said he feels pretty decent," Girardi said. "I'll talk to [head athletic trainer] Steve Donohue and see, do we try to put him in before the weekend is over or do you wait until next week? He said he felt OK."

David Robertson, who has been out since March 7 with a bone bruise in his foot, threw a 29-pitch bullpen session on Friday. According to YES Network’s Jack Curry, Robertson faced seven batters and struggled with the strike zone a bit despite striking out two.

And finally, Jorge Vazquez, who left Thursday’s game against the Red Sox after being hit on the hand by a Mark Melancon pitch, said he was "okay" despite the hand being heavily wrapped when he left Fort Myers on Thursday night. He was scheduled to see a doctor prior to Friday's game against the Twins and was penciled in as available for that game, but did not see action.

In non-injury news, Andy Pettitte also faced six batters in live batting practice Friday morning, and according to Chad Jennings of the LoHud Yankees Blog, the lefty said that he “missed a few spots, but otherwise, everything’s where it needs to be” and that his fastball was “riding nice.”

Also, David Phelps returned to camp Friday following the birth of his child. Phelps had been originally scheduled to start Thursday’s game in Fort Myers, but left the team after his wife went into labor. He was with the split-squad in Clearwater, and pitched the final 3 1/3 innings in the Yankees' 5-3 win over the Phillies.

Congratulations go out to Phelps and his wife.

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